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For my next football snack I was thinking that potato skins would be nice. I have had potato skins a few times before and I had enjoyed them and now I wanted to try making them myself. Potato skins are the skins of potatoes where the middles have been scooped out that are baked with a filling. Though you can fill the potato skins with whatever you want the most common filling seems to be cheese and bacon often accompanied by some sour cream. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with cheese and bacon so that is what I went with. Potato skins are pretty easy to make though they require a some time to bake the potato. You could speed things up a bit by cooking the potato in the microwave instead of baking it before scooping out the middle. The potato skins with cheddar cheese and bacon turned out great! The skins were a little crispy along the edges and soft and warm in the middle. The cool sour cream went well with the warm potato skins and their flavourful filling. Another perfect snack for game day.

Potato Skins

Servings: 4

ingredients

4 baking potatoes (such as russet, scrubbed clean)

oil

salt and pepper to taste

4 slices bacon (cooked and crumbled)

1 cup cheese (grated)

1/2 cup sour cream

2 green onions (chopped)

directions

Prick the potatoes a few times with a fork.

Bake in a preheated 400F/200C oven until tender, about an hour.

Let the potatoes cool and cut in half and scoop out the middle. (Reserve the scooped potato for another use.)

Brush the potato skins all over with the oil and season with salt and pepper.

Bake in a preheated 450F/230C over for 10 minutes on each side.

Season the inside of the potato skins with salt and pepper and fill with the cheese and bacon.

Broil until the cheese has melted, just a few minutes.

Serve while still warm from the oven along with some sour cream and green onions.

You did it right, Kevin! How many times I have bitten into an amazing looking potato skin, only to have the shell be flavorless and blah, all the flavor just sitting on top... The taste never blended at all... Your skins look perfect! With all of your treats, I wish I was at your party!

A great SuperBowl snack. I usually bake up a bunch of Idahos, mash the potatoes and stuff the shells. When I cut the tops out, I use those for potato skin snacks, putting a little of the mashed potatoes on them, then cheese, bacon, sour cream and green onions. I freeze the stuffed potatoes and the skin tops and take them out when I want them.

mommy of 3: Yes you could make these the day before and then just warm them when you want. Otherwise you could get the potatoes baked and scooped the day before and just assemble and bake on the day you want them.

Ok. Thank you! I'm just afraid condensation or refrigeration will cause sauginess or a "not so fresh" taste. I know everything tastes better "made to order" style, but it's not always a possibility! Should I wrap them in saran wrap, aluminum foil, or use tubberware for storing?

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